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Whether its true or not I can't say, but someone told me Gibbs didn't really like the plug, rather he preferred the regular pencil popper and made the Canal special only because it cast further and "guys demanded it".
For steelhead's sake the dimensions (of a recent Gibbs version) are
Length 7 5/8
nose 5/8 and cut at 45 degrees
tail 1/2
belly 1 1/8, widest at about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches fom the tail
slope 5 3/4 measured fron the line tie, not the tip of the sloped nose.
belly hook 3 3/4 from tail
It sinks, whereas the equivalent pencil popper floats vertically with about 3/4 inch of nose showing, which makes them real buggers to snag and retrieve after you break 'em off.
Incidentally, I know that at the show people were talking about weighting the Canal special with a second weight ahead of the hook. Anybody want to fess up about that?
Here's a picture.
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